Anyone who has half a brain knows that lots of people regularly view and enjoy adult videos and photographic material. When I say "adult" I mean what most people would call porn. I try not to use that term and here is why.
Porn or pornography is connotative of something illicit or immoral. I have long contended that viewing such material is neither illicit or immoral as long as all the participants are conscenting and of legal age. Adult oriented videos and photos and stories are simply expressions of sexuality. They arouse, titillate and enhance sexual experiences for many people and in some cases are an alternative to unsafe sexual practices.
So now that you know where I am coming from you will see why this article in the New York Times is so interesting to me.
An adult web site operator in Pensacola Florida is using an unusual defense argument. Since the measuring stick for what is and is not pornographic in the eyes of the court is that vague "community standards" clause, the defense has expanded the scope of community. Thay are showing records of searches in Google from the area to present community standards. Seems the folks in Pensecola search for the term "orgy" many more times than they do "apple pie".
It will be very intersting to see if the defense works. Personally, I feel it is long overdue. America is far to closeted about sex. We seem obsessed with hiding the fact that we like adult films and photos, otherwise it would not be the billion dollar industry it is. As Stephen Colbert would say, "the invisible had of the market has spoken!"
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Cool! I wish the defendant success in his case! I happened to watch Penn & Teller's Bulls**t last night, and it was about America's War on Pornography (their words, not mine - I tend to agree with your position on that). I did record it, but I was especially impressed with Showtime for following it with the 2008 AVN Adult Movie Awards. I also recorded that, but haven't yet watched it. It'll be interesting to see if 'certain' categories were edited from the broadcast.
BTW, I was also doing some research on the NYT's web site recently, and what blew *my* mind was that their searchable online archives go back to 1851!!!
WOW.
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